I agree, this is commonly done on mailinglists

Bert Verhees

USM Bish wrote:

>This is a request for the List Admin.
>
>The 'Reply To:' setting for the  mailing list is  currently set
>for the Original Poster (OP). This results in two things:
>
>o On  hitting [Reply] on most MUAs the 'To:' address is set for
>  the OP. Since the OP would in any case a copy of the  mail if
>  the reply is sent to the list,  keeping  the  'Reply To:' set
>  for the list would save all the trouble of doing a  Cc to the
>  list or altering the 'To:' address.
>
>o A lot of 'Undelived/ undeliverable' messages, and autoreplies
>  (those with 'out-of-office' mechanisms set) are also returned
>  to the OP. I received 8 such autoreplies to a post  I made on
>  the list earlier this evening.
>
>It would be nice if the List Admin could  consider  setting the
>'Reply To:' option for list mails to the list itself.
>
>Thanking you,
>
>Dr USM Bish
>
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